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Marie Kreutz: Do you have ID?

Jason Bourne: [laughs] Not really.

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Throughout the movie, there are countless references to the incident early in the movie at the U.S. Embassy in Zurich. Neither the U.S. nor any other country maintains an embassy in Zurich. The capital of Switzerland is Bern. Since most of the characters in the movie work for the U.S. government, they would surely know the difference between an embassy and a consulate. See more...

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In the beginning, after Jason gets off the train, there is a shot of Jason outside at night looking up a snow-covered street with some footprints in the snow leading away from him. These footprints belong to director Doug Liman. See more...

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The Bourne Identity (2002) - 11 questions

Directed by Doug Liman, starring Brian Cox, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Franka Potente, Julia Stiles, Matt Damon (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller

The "questions" section is for any random questions that occurred to you while watching this film, or anything you didn't entirely understand, and which Google or the IMDb can't help with. Submit them as a question, and hopefully someone will answer (the bold comments in brackets) - check back regularly. If the answer is wrong, or missing information, please use the "clarify answer" option. Don't feel limited - want to know what music played in a certain scene? Whether this was the first film to use a certain effect? Here's the place to ask!

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Entry In the scene where Jason Bourne is at the Treadstone Safehouse, he confronts Conklin and the two of them argue, Jason claiming he doesn't remember anything, and Conklin calling 'bullshit'. Anyway, Conklin's voice starts to fade into the background, and Jason falters as scenes flash in his head. During this sequence music is played, sounding something like a music box. Put simply, it's the scene where Jason remembers the yacht and his attempt at the dictator's life that he doesn't follow through with because he sees the kids. I'm trying to find the music, and have yet to get anywhere. I was wondering what that song was an if it is on the soundtrack. Any help?
Entry On the DVD main menu, does anyone know what song is playing? And is it on the album? [Extreme Ways by Moby.]
Entry From what I can tell Jason went to the American embassy in Zurich, couldn't be bothered waiting in a queue, went through a door and got shouted at to stop, then ran up some stairs and climbed down the wall and escaped. What was his original purpose for going to the embassy? [To avoid the local police. They were following him and he had an American passport, so it was the quickest way to escape.]
Answered by Captain Defenestrator
Entry What was going on with John Michael Kane's body in the morgue? Nicky said that Wombosi saw the body and didn't buy it. Were they trying to pass off the dead man as Bourne? [Yes, exactly. Kane is one of Bourne's identities and apparently one that he used extensively during the preparations for the mission to eliminate Wombosi. Wombosi goes to see the body, but, having seen Bourne, albeit relatively briefly, realises that the body in the morgue is not the same man.]
Answered by Tailkinker
Entry Why was Bourne sent to kill Wombosi? [Wombosi's an ex-African dictator, put in power, it appears, with a degree of covert assistance from the US. Deposed, he's threatening to write a book revealing the US actions unless they arrange to have him put back in power. He's intending to include the names of those involved, which could prove highly embarrassing for the US government. To prevent this, Treadstone is given the order to take Wombosi out.]
Answered by Tailkinker
Entry How does Bourne set off/stop the car alarms near the end of the movie? I'm guessing it's the thing with the aerial he puts on his car dashboard - what is that? [An official, CIA-approved, car alarm setter-offer, most likely just made up for the movie.]
Entry Can someone give me an explanation to what happened to Eamon's dog? [The Professor shot the dog early so it couldn't give a warning about him.]
Entry Somewhere at the end of the show, a French man gets out of his car and shoots Chris Cooper several times. Who is he and why did he shoot Cooper? [He's one of the Treadstone agents. Conklin is executed on the orders of his superiors because the Treadstone project, under his leadership, has become a phenomenal liability. He's most likely the one remaining Treadstone agent we see in "The Bourne Supremacy".]
Answered by Tailkinker
Entry During the Greece scene, there is a line strung at the end of the covered area (behind Marie) with several things hanging on it that look like seaweed, pennants, or something. What could that be? [They are octopii hung up to dry in the sun. A common sight at Greek islands. If you search Google, there are pictures of them. They are humorously mentioned at http://www.thevisualrecord.com/dbphotopages/photopage.php?photo_id=80]
Entry After Eamon and the children have gone to the basement of the farmhouse, Marie makes some exclamation that sounds like Chinese. What is that? [The phrase is "Verdammt noch Mal", meaning 'Condemned again.']
Answered by ChiChi
Entry What is the significance of Bourne's and The Professor's headaches? The Professor might have explained it just after he mentioned them, but I didn't catch what he said. [It's something to do with the conditioning that the Treadstone agents go through. The precise cause isn't clear.]
Answered by Tailkinker

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